How to boost your Tesco Clubcard points haul

As Tesco offers shoppers the chance to earn triple Clubcard points on third-party items, we look at how you can boost your rewards with the supermarket giant.

Triple Clubcard points on Marketplace purchases

As part of a time-limited offer, the retail giant is giving shoppers the chance to earn triple points on purchases made through its Marketplace feature.

These are products from other retailers, including furniture and garden items.

However, they are listed alongside Tesco’s own items.

To triple your points, you’ll need to be a Clubcard member and buy through the Marketplace section of Tesco’s website.

Be aware, this offer ends on 4 June.

How does Marketplace work?

All third-party items are marked with a ‘Marketplace’ label on the supermarket’s website and in its app.

The listing will also display the seller’s name, as well as any special delivery instructions.

Marketplace purchases arrive separately from your standard grocery delivery (either by post or courier).

Once you have bought an item through Marketplace, the seller will contact you to confirm your order and provide any updates on your delivery.

More ways to save at Tesco

While these short-term promotions are always welcome, it’s far more beneficial in the long term to earn Clubcard points every time you shop.

The rest of this guide will take you through top steps for boosting your Clubcard haul.

Sign up to Clubcard

Tesco's flagship loyalty scheme is known as Clubcard, which lets shoppers collect one point (worth 1p) for almost every £1 spent at Tesco, in addition to offering discounted prices on selected items. 

If you plan to shop at Tesco, even sporadically, you should definitely make signing up to Clubcard your first priority. 

You can use your points to get money off future Tesco shops or secure discounts at selected Tesco partners where they're worth up to twice their face value.

If you regularly shop in-store with the retail giant, it might be worth paying for Clubcard Plus.

It'll set you back just under £8 a month, but you’ll get 10% off all your groceries (in-store only), so if you spend more than £80 a month you'll be quids in.

Pay with the right credit card

Tesco Clubcard credit cards are a great way to earn extra Clubcard points wherever you shop.

You'll generally earn one Clubcard point for every £4 spent in Tesco and one point for every £8 spent outside Tesco.

That's not a huge amount, but crucially, you'll earn these in addition to your Clubcard loyalty points, meaning you could bag a total of five points for every £4 you spend. 

Obviously, make sure you clear your debt in full each month or you'll rack up far more costly interest charges.

Get extra points and cut your phone bill

If you're a Tesco Mobile customer, you can earn points when you pay your bill.

With Pay Monthly contracts, you collect a point for every £1 spent on your mobile phone bill. With Pay As You Go, it will be one point for every £1 you top up.

You can also use your accrued points to reduce your bill, with every 100 points saving you £1.

If you aren't a Tesco Mobile customer, it could be worth switching: we recently wrote how it was voted the joint best mobile phone provider in terms of fewest customer complaints.

Fuel your motor

You can collect one Clubcard point for every two litres of fuel you buy at a Tesco Petrol Filling Station. 

At Esso petrol stations with a Tesco Express, you'll get one point for every £3 you spend on petrol or diesel.

Please note that you can no longer earn Clubcard points at Esso-branded stations where there is no Tesco Express attached.

If you regularly fill up at such a station and it's impractical to go elsewhere, consider signing up to the Nectar scheme instead. It's now partnered with Esso so you may as well earn loyalty points from someone.